Local governments launch animal welfare campaigns in Spain, Mexico and Chile

The municipality of Alcobendas (Spain) has started a public‑awareness campaign urging dog owners to pick up pet waste and use specially distributed water‑bottle dispensers to clean urine, aiming to keep streets, squares and parks cleaner.

In Mexico, the president of the College of Veterinary Doctors warned that stray‑animal overpopulation is becoming a public‑health problem, calling for focused sterilisation and vaccination efforts to curb zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis and rickettsiosis.

Chile’s Limarí district held a free veterinary operation that delivered antirabies vaccinations, deworming, treatments and consultations to dozens of rural families, while the city of Mejillón invested more than $281 million in a mobile veterinary clinic equipped with X‑ray, surgery and laboratory tools to reach remote communities.

Spanish towns including San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Ponferrada and Fuenlabrada organised adoption fairs, digital pet‑search tools and zero‑sacrifice programmes to promote responsible pet ownership and reduce abandonments.

In Nuevo Laredo (Mexico), municipal authorities continued vaccination and sterilisation drives for dogs and cats, providing antirabies, triple‑felina and quinquuple vaccines, antiparasitic treatments and sterilisation services for stray and rescued animals.